I only have time for a brief post this week - too much life happening!
This bird is a Microeca flavigaster (I hope!). I have gone with the scientific name first this week as this bird seems to have at least three common names, the most common of which are Lemon-Bellied Flycatcher and Lemon-Bellied Flyrobin. The most recent Australian bird guid suggest that this bird poses a number of identification problems due to the number of sub-species.
I believe that trying to work out the sub-species of this individual may be a road that leads to madness. I will not travel that road!
The two pictures were taken outside the Mamukala Bird Hide, in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory.
With luck I will have time for a rather more expansive post next week!
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This bird is a Microeca flavigaster (I hope!). I have gone with the scientific name first this week as this bird seems to have at least three common names, the most common of which are Lemon-Bellied Flycatcher and Lemon-Bellied Flyrobin. The most recent Australian bird guid suggest that this bird poses a number of identification problems due to the number of sub-species.
I believe that trying to work out the sub-species of this individual may be a road that leads to madness. I will not travel that road!
The two pictures were taken outside the Mamukala Bird Hide, in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory.
With luck I will have time for a rather more expansive post next week!
As ever, to join in with WBW just click on the blue button below the thumbnails - feel free to share a link to this page on the many and varied forms of social media that we now use every day!
Hi Stewart. Where would we be without the scientists telling us what we are looking at? Anyway they will change their minds in a month or two. Go take a rest now from all those jobs you have to do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link-up.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteWell, at least the lemon belly cannot be disputed! What a pretty wee thing. YAM xx
A rose by any other name................
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little bird! Nice photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of a nice little bird whatever the common name.
ReplyDeleteSouth Africa have changed a number of their bird names which I find very confusing. Having several different names is also confusing! Whatever it is it really is very cute. Cheers Diane
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting bird! I would just enjoy watching and photographing the birds no matter the sub-species' names.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this week again. (Linking up my Winter Birding 1....)
Such an unassuming little bird to be the center of a controversy! The world would be so much less interesting without splitters and lumpers!
ReplyDeleteSometimes life happening is good...but, too much..... not always ....
ReplyDeleteLovely littel bird! Happy new week!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of a beautiful bird Stewart.
ReplyDeleteHello Stewart!:) A lovely Lemon Bellied Flycatcher,...sweet little bird.
ReplyDeleteCute little bird..well camouflaged..I had a hard time finding him..a bird by any other name.....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little bird, Lemon Bellied Flycatcher. I have never seen this bird before.
ReplyDeleteStewart, you took wonderful photographs of this little beauty.
Sweet shot. Enjoy life!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a stunning little bird!
ReplyDeleteA very pretty little bird!
ReplyDeleteHe does look like a flycatcher ... but where's your commitment? You don't want to chase down his every subspecies? I would like to know what they are, Ha! Our flycatchers live in the wooded areas and are more often heard than seen, so you are lucky, as far as I am concerned, to have seen this one little fellow. FYI, it is officially my birthday now, as I write this, and I am off to work with the raptors ... that is a nice way to celebrate. Have a great week, Stewart :)
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From the Sol
Are you making up words/names?
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling, little gem, Stewart!!!....:)JP
ReplyDeleteLove the yellow color on this bird, it's so cheery looking.
ReplyDeleteStewart, new bird for us. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like one of our myarchis species.....fascinating!
ReplyDeleteA quietly pretty little bird!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid at that point I'd just go with 'a pretty perching bird'. It is definitely that.
ReplyDeleteWhat delicate colours...!
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